Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark
Dame Muriel Sarah Spark, DBE, CLit, FRSE, FRSL was a Scottish novelist. In 2008, the Times newspaper named Spark as No. 8 in its list of 'the 50 greatest British writers since 1945'...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 February 1918
want assertiveness sooner-or-later
sooner or later I do what I want to do.
firsts goodness truth-and-beauty
Goodness, Truth and Beauty come first
sex real mind
we have invented sex guilt to take our minds off the real thing.
voice missing edinburgh
For those who like that sort of thing," said Miss Brodie in her best Edinburgh voice, "That is the sort of thing they like.
children inspirational-life coping-mechanisms
Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.
home looking-forward going-home
Looking forward to going home, I was necessarily looking backward.
girl morning mind
The sparkle and morning-freshness of the shop, and the butter-conjuring girl, formed a mind-picture which accompanied the whole of my youth.(about the Buttercup Dairy)
singing conclusion wells
Allow me, in conclusion, to congratulate you warmly upon your sexual intercourse, as well as your singing.
interviews interviewers depends
Interviews can be stimulating. It depends on the intelligence of the interviewer.
character contradiction notes
Contradictions in human character are one of its most consistent notes ...
girl time growing-up
One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full.
mean roots soul
The word "education" comes from the root e from ex, out, and duco, I lead. It means a leading out. To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.
happiness sacrifice pleasure
The sacrifice of pleasures is of course itself a pleasure.
new-york home mind
New York, home of the vivisectors of the mind, and of the mentally vivisected still to be reassembled, of those who live intact, habitually wondering about their states of sanity, and home of those whose minds have been dead, bearing the scars of resurrection.